Tirana

Tirana

• OSCE observers start mission for Albanian election

  Electoral observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have launched their monitoring mission for Albania's June 23 national ... 

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  EU foreign policy chief warns Albania on election

  The European Union's foreign policy chief warned Albanian leaders Tuesday that the conduct of forthcoming parliamentary elections would be a major ... 

• US, EU concerned over Albania election body

  The United States has expressed concern over plans by Albania's conservative government to replace a member of the country's election watchdog ahead ... 

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  1 dead in rubble of collapsed building in Albania

  Albanian rescuers have found the body of a scrap metal collector in the collapsed ruins of an abandoned power company building in Tirana. Police say ... 

• Building collapses in Albania, 1 missing

  Police in Albania say an abandoned power company building has collapsed in the capital, trapping a 32-year-old man who was collecting scrap metal. 

• Piece of Berlin Wall used in Albanian memorial

  A memorial containing a 2.6-ton piece of the Berlin Wall was unveiled in Albania on Tuesday to honor former political prisoners who suffered under the ... 

• Albania offer for asylum to Iranian group rejected

  An Iranian opposition group on Saturday turned down Albania's offer of asylum to 210 of its members who are living at a former U.S. military base near ... 

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  Albanian court cuts sentences over deadly blast

  An Albanian appeals court on Wednesday reduced sentences for several top defendants convicted in a deadly ammunition factory blast and acquitted one ... 

• Albania judges accuse US of interfering in trial

  A panel of judges in Albania has accused the United States of "interference" in the trial of two senior police officers acquitted this week on murder ... 

• Albania consider lower bidder in oil-and-gas sale

  Authorities in Albania say they are considering a €298 million ($402 million) bid from China-based Win Business Petroleum Group Ltd. for the sale of ... 

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  Albanian court clears police in protesters' deaths

  An Albanian court acquitted two senior police officers on Thursday of shooting dead four opposition supporters during an anti-government protest in ... 

• 2 Albanian police to be jailed over protest deaths

  Prosecutors have asked a court to hand out heavy sentences to two senior police officers accused of fatally shooting four people during a violent ... 

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  Albanian opposition honors shot demonstrators

  Some 3,000 supporters of Albania's main opposition Socialist Party have held a peaceful march to honor four people killed two years ago in an ... 

• Albania to cancel grid license amid power cuts

  Albanian authorities say the license held by a Czech company to operate the country's electricity grid will be canceled by the end of the month after ... 

• Albania, Kosovo urge probe of prosecutor Del Ponte

  Albania and Kosovo have called for an independent investigation into former Hague Tribunal prosecutor Carla del Ponte for her "tendentious and illegal ... 

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  Spat with neighbors sours Albanian century party

  Albania celebrated 100 years of independence Wednesday with a military parade, festive cavalcades and an 18-ton cake. But the celebrations were soured ... 

• Macedonia: Minority marks Albanian independence

  More than 1,000 ethnic Albanians marched in the capital of Macedonia on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of Albania's independence from the ...